Never Can Say Goodbye

Name: Never Can Say Goodbye
Duration: 5 min 39 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.3	Never Can Say Goodbye	5:35	Johnny Hammond	Breakout	Johnny Hammond	Album	US1971	Kudu	KU-01
1.3	Never Can Say Goodbye	5:41	Johnny “Hammond” Smith	Breakout	Johnny “Hammond” Smith	Album	XE2001	Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	5051682
1.3	Never Can Say Goodbye	5:39	Johnny “Hammond” Smith	Breakout	Johnny “Hammond” Smith	Album	ZA2002	CTI (CTI Records imprint since 1967; used worldwide (Sony Music) and in Japan (King Record Co.)), Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)	CDEPC 6407

engineer:	Rudy van Gelder
producer:	Creed Taylor
alto saxophone:	Hank Crawford (from 1971-06-03 until 1971-06-04)
drums (drum set):	Billy Cobham (from 1971-06-03 until 1971-06-04)
electric bass guitar [Fender]:	Johnny Williams (bassist, born 1941) (from 1971-06-03 until 1971-06-04)
guitar:	Eric Gale (from 1971-06-03 until 1971-06-04)
organ:	Johnny “Hammond” Smith (from 1971-06-03 until 1971-06-04)
percussion:	Airto Moreira (percussionist) (from 1971-06-03 until 1971-06-04)
tenor saxophone:	Grover Washington, Jr. (from 1971-06-03 until 1971-06-04)
trumpet:	Danny Moore (from 1971-06-03 until 1971-06-04)
arranger:	Leo Johnson (woodwind)

recorded at:	Van Gelder Studio (Englewood Cliffs, July 20, 1959 –) in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States (from 1971-06-03 until 1971-06-04)

recording of:	Never Can Say Goodbye (from 1971-06-03 until 1971-06-04: cover, instrumental)

lyricist and composer:	Clifton Davis (musical theatre actor, singer and songwriter)

publisher:	EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) EMI Songs Ltd. Jobete Music Co., Inc. Portable Music Co., Inc.

later translated versions:	Dit gaat nooit meer voorbij Tohtori Fuckenstein
is the basis for:	Never Goodbye